Movie: Rental Family. Brendan Fraser stars as an aspiring actor living in Japan who takes a job with a company that offers paying clients to hire actors to play family members or friends. Sounds like a strange concept, but it has been a real thing for a while. Hire a boyfriend to get one's family off one's back or as a needed plus one to an event. That sort of thing. At one point Fraser is given the job of being a young girl's father so she can apply to an elite school. He befriends the "daughter" and discovers some of what's like being a father, how strangers can suddenly become so important to you in a matter of meetings. The themes of loneliness and how vital connection with our fellow humans truly is are poignant and insightful. I loved this movie. Read other reviews if you think you might want to try it. They'll say it's: charming, appealing, well crafted, remarkable, beautiful, funny, wonderful, moving, tender, filled with warmth. They are right.
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